Hey everyone! I recently decided to try mobile linux on an old Pocophone F1 I had lying around and installed Ubuntu Touch, Postmarket OS with KDE and Phosh on it (in that order).

I couldn’t help but notice that while UT and Phosh had their own app stores (openstore and gnome software respectively), the KDE mobile’s Discover had very little in it.

So my question is - is it possible to install either the UT’s openstore or Phosh’s software store on a KDE install of Postmarket?

I feel like this segmentation of app stores is really hurting the mobile linux ecosystem, since we have very few apps anyway. If we want more developers to make native apps for this platform, we should have some kind of standard packaging format that works on all mobile linux platforms (the same problem exists on desktop linux to a degree btw). Is there a solution for this conundrum?

  • PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.socialMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. Plasma’s Discover allows installing and updating exactly the same apps as GNOME’s Software Center do. There is no “segmentation” there?

    And that “standard packaging format that works on all Mobile Linux platforms” is basically Flatpak, and we support it. Not sure why Ubuntu Touch doesn’t, but that’s their problem, even SailfishOS supports it nowadays.

  • 1peter10@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 months ago

    In theory, you should just see the same apps in Discover and in GNOME Software, assuming they both can access/install native Alpine and flathub apps. (And I recall they did at some point in time, but breakage unfortunately happens, and I mostly use the terminal to install and remove things…)

    With Ubuntu Touch apps it’s different, the Open Store is its own thing. I want to look into whether adapting this to postmarketOS when I can find the time.

    Regarding few apps: Yes, it could be more, yes, there are gaps, but we’re doing somewhat okay: https://linuxphoneapps.org/

    • Vulpen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for the links! If PMOS gets access to the Open Store that would be pretty nifty. Although UT apps have their own design language and some have trouble even running on UT itself lol :D

  • anon5621@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I am not sure but does flathub connected in ur KDE discovery store

    • Vulpen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Hey, sorry for reviving this thread. Flathub seems to be enabled in Discover, but I can’t find any apps from it in the store. I select it as a source and get “no apps found”. Is there a guide on enabling Flathub in PostmarketOS?